Genocide_Darfur+and+Holocaust2

Genocide is the extermination of a racial, national, political or cultural group of people. An example of genocide is, a group of people that are killed because of who they are and what they believe in.
 * __Genocide__**

Genocide has occured in the past, during the Holocaust, and is occuring now in Darfur, Africa. During the **World War 2** time period, **Adolf Hitler** was the dictator of Germany and had an idea for his country. He wanted to exterminate all those who did not have blonde hair and blue eyes and were of a different religion than he was. He __mostly killed Jewish people, but he also killed gypsies and homosexuals as well.__ He started off by sectioning off everyone who did not fit his criteria. Then when the camps were ready, they went in cattle cars and were crowded with no food or bathrooms. There was no sunlight or ventilation. They often were sectioned off by age, gender and their health. Many families were seperated and never saw each other again. The people who killed the prisoners were the Nazi soldiers. They killed them by rapid fire and burnt them in ovens. Often, many people died from starvation. This is the dictator in charge, Adolf Hitler.

In **Darfur, Southern Africa,** there is another genocide occuring. This is the killing of **Darfurians**, specifically the Fur, the Massaleit, and the Zaghawas. They are __being slaughtered by the Janjaweed__, which is a government supported militia, who are recruited from arab tribes.They are being told kill the people of Darfur. So far 400,000 people have been killed and 2 million have fled to neighboring countries such as Chad. The government is aware of this but has not done anything about it. Even though countries know that this is going on, none of the countries in the world, such as the United States, have gotten involved because Darfur is near a major oil mine. So far many certain events have taken place in result of the genocide. These includes a decrease in farming because the men and boys usually did the work and knew what to do. Also there will be a lack of education for the children and an increase in poverty and disease. The opinion of a Janjaweed solider is that they really do not care about what they are doing because they are doing it for their country. Even though they are killing thousands and thousands of innocent people, they do feel guilty and responsable for the victims. This is a link to a perspective of people who are involoved in Darfur genocide. [|Darfur video]

Around the world individuals and human rights groups are trying to help those being affected by the genocide. There are orginizations such as Doctors Without Borders, Help Darfur, Save Darfur and many more. [|DOB (doctors without borders)] [|Save Darfur]